What is a GMT?

merlin5577 · 02-08-2009, 09:51 AM

Because a number of people have asked me, it would be easier to just make a thread out of this;

GMT is short for General Motors Truck. An internal identifier used for different generations. The numbers signify the series and style of the trucks. This is across all of GM's companies.

GM GMT platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My Suburban is a GMT-400 series, and my Silverado is a GMT-800 series.

This is also helpful as far as part interchangealbility. A number of parts (body parts specifically) are only interchangeable in one series.

batty1214 · 02-08-2009, 12:24 PM

right on..... makes sense now

merlin5577 · 02-08-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by batty1214

right on..... makes sense now

Good. I hope this clears up a lot of confusion. If you click on the link and read the article, there are sublinks in the article for different versions and subversions. Enjoy!

merlin5577 · 02-09-2009, 03:13 PM

Maybe if we are lucky a mod will turn this into a sticky... hint hint brad hint hint.

crabtruck · 02-09-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by merlin5577

... there are sublinks in the article for different versions and subversions. ....

Being a moral kind of guy, I skipped the ones on subversion....

silverhairdeere · 02-09-2009, 08:50 PM

i thought gmt was a time zone , my bad

shd

bradrhale · 02-10-2009, 07:02 AM

so what defines the series?? 400, 800, 900?? 920, 930, 940?? what makes them this??

merlin5577 · 02-15-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by silverhairdeere

i thought gmt was a time zone , my bad

shd

Lol. It does. Greenich mean time. But that has nothing to do with trucks.

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Originally Posted by bradrhale

so what defines the series?? 400, 800, 900?? 920, 930, 940?? what makes them this??

Numerous little things, but the biggest being the specific model, and the year(s) produced.

gmctrucks · 02-17-2009, 09:26 AM

What does LAMO or LMOA or something like that mean I think thats how some of you guys spell it hey im old school so please excuse me but I do know what is TGIF is thank god it's fridays because back in the days there was a disco song named that.
YouTube - Thank God It's Friday by Love and Kisses US 7" Vinyl Record Yes im old.

merlin5577 · 02-17-2009, 10:20 AM

lmao is Laughing My *** Off, is that what you mean?

02-08-2009, 09:51 AM	#1
merlin5577 Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 675	What is a GMT? Because a number of people have asked me, it would be easier to just make a thread out of this; GMT is short for General Motors Truck. An internal identifier used for different generations. The numbers signify the series and style of the trucks. This is across all of GM's companies. GM GMT platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia My Suburban is a GMT-400 series, and my Silverado is a GMT-800 series. This is also helpful as far as part interchangealbility. A number of parts (body parts specifically) are only interchangeable in one series.

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02-08-2009, 12:24 PM	#2
batty1214 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vernal Utah Posts: 1,135	right on..... makes sense now

02-09-2009, 03:13 PM	#4
merlin5577 Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 675	Maybe if we are lucky a mod will turn this into a sticky... hint hint brad hint hint.

02-09-2009, 08:50 PM	#6
silverhairdeere Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: land between the lakes tn Posts: 1,184	i thought gmt was a time zone , my bad shd

02-10-2009, 07:02 AM	#7
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,025	so what defines the series?? 400, 800, 900?? 920, 930, 940?? what makes them this??

02-17-2009, 09:26 AM	#9
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 4,033	What does LAMO or LMOA or something like that mean I think thats how some of you guys spell it hey im old school so please excuse me but I do know what is TGIF is thank god it's fridays because back in the days there was a disco song named that. YouTube - Thank God It's Friday by Love and Kisses US 7" Vinyl Record Yes im old.

02-17-2009, 10:20 AM	#10
merlin5577 Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 675	lmao is Laughing My *** Off, is that what you mean?